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  • Twelve applicants/channels denied permission to launch private satellite channels in last number, total remains at 869

    Twelve applicants/channels denied permission to launch private satellite channels in last number, total remains at 869

    New Delhi, 8 April: Even though the number of permissions granted to private satellite television channels uplinking from or downlinking into India crossed the 1000 figure for the first time, as many as 138 have been denied permission.

    Thus, the total number of operative channels as on 31 March was 869, of which news and current affairs channels number 394. Thus the number of general entertainment channels is 475.

    Thus, the government had given permission to a total of 1007 channels which included 126 whose permissions were cancelled later. The last list issued on 31 March had said 126 had been refused permission but twelve new channels had been permitted, taking the total to 869. This number remains the same.

    Twenty channels including seven news channels have been permitted to uplink from India but not downlink within the country.  

    A total of 754 channels including 382 GECs are allowed to uplink and downlink in the country while 95 including 80 GECs are uplinked from overseas but allowed to downlink into TV homes in the country.   

    Thus, the number allowed to uplink and downlink in the country has fallen by one even though the number of general entertainment channels has risen by eight. This is because the number of news channels has fallen by eight to 372.

    After 31 January, the news channels cleared are: Zee Bihar Jharkhand; WIO; and Zee 24 Hour Business.

    The Non-News channels cleared are Sab Bangla; Sab Tamil; Sab Punjabi; Sab Marathi; Sab Telugu; Sony Wah; Sony Rox; Jewel Alliance; Star Utsav Movies (Earlier:Star Gold Romance); Maa HD;  Jalsha Movies HD; Star Jalsha HD; Maa Movies HD;  Star Pravah HD; Star Movies Premiere; Star Movies Premiere HD; Fox Crime HD; Rishtey Cineplex; Stay Raw; And Vijay Super.

    The Information and Broadcasting Ministry site (mib.nic.in) also contains the full details of the owners of these channels, the languages in which they will beam, and the date on which the clearance came. However, there are no details of channels denied permission.

  • Twelve applicants/channels denied permission to launch private satellite channels in last number, total remains at 869

    Twelve applicants/channels denied permission to launch private satellite channels in last number, total remains at 869

    New Delhi, 8 April: Even though the number of permissions granted to private satellite television channels uplinking from or downlinking into India crossed the 1000 figure for the first time, as many as 138 have been denied permission.

    Thus, the total number of operative channels as on 31 March was 869, of which news and current affairs channels number 394. Thus the number of general entertainment channels is 475.

    Thus, the government had given permission to a total of 1007 channels which included 126 whose permissions were cancelled later. The last list issued on 31 March had said 126 had been refused permission but twelve new channels had been permitted, taking the total to 869. This number remains the same.

    Twenty channels including seven news channels have been permitted to uplink from India but not downlink within the country.  

    A total of 754 channels including 382 GECs are allowed to uplink and downlink in the country while 95 including 80 GECs are uplinked from overseas but allowed to downlink into TV homes in the country.   

    Thus, the number allowed to uplink and downlink in the country has fallen by one even though the number of general entertainment channels has risen by eight. This is because the number of news channels has fallen by eight to 372.

    After 31 January, the news channels cleared are: Zee Bihar Jharkhand; WIO; and Zee 24 Hour Business.

    The Non-News channels cleared are Sab Bangla; Sab Tamil; Sab Punjabi; Sab Marathi; Sab Telugu; Sony Wah; Sony Rox; Jewel Alliance; Star Utsav Movies (Earlier:Star Gold Romance); Maa HD;  Jalsha Movies HD; Star Jalsha HD; Maa Movies HD;  Star Pravah HD; Star Movies Premiere; Star Movies Premiere HD; Fox Crime HD; Rishtey Cineplex; Stay Raw; And Vijay Super.

    The Information and Broadcasting Ministry site (mib.nic.in) also contains the full details of the owners of these channels, the languages in which they will beam, and the date on which the clearance came. However, there are no details of channels denied permission.

  • Zee 24 Gantalu scribes get court support

    Zee 24 Gantalu scribes get court support

    MUMBAI: The Hyderabad High Court in an order passed on 26 September regarding the two cases lodged against Telugu news channel Zee 24 Gantalu has asked the police to combine the two FIRs in one.  

    Two cases were filed against the channel for airing a video that had shown DGP V Dinesh Reddy going to two godmen and asking for their blessings. The DGP claims the video was morphed. The other case was filed by the Muslim godman, who claims that the channel called him a ‘black magician’.

    The channel says he has misinterpreted the words. The actual words it used were ‘mantra gaadu’ which means someone who performs mantras.

    The case that the DGP has lodged will be clubbed with the one that the Baba had lodged.

    Additionally, the court has also ordered the police to resist from arresting journalists of Zee 24 Gantalu without any prima facie evidence. Two journalists had been arrested by the police earlier and remanded in custody for two days. They are now on bail.

    The staff of the channel has taken anticipatory bail including the editor K Siva Prasad. He says that the bail is still valid because the bail was applied for the case one and now the second case will also be clubbed in the first case.

     “We are ready to fight the case,” says Prasad.

  • Zee 24 Gantalu seeks justice from court

    Zee 24 Gantalu seeks justice from court

    MUMBAI: Of late Zee 24 Gantalu, the Telugu news channel of ZMCL has been a plethora of cases being filed against it.  The latest is that it has decided to finally take a stand and say ‘enough is enough’. The channel has filed a writ petition in the Hyderabad High Court yesterday to seek relief from the FIR lodged against it by DGP V Dinesh Reddy.

    A case of ‘spreading communal tension’ has been lodged in the police against it following which two employees (journalists) had been arrested and remanded in custody for two days. They are currently on bail and several other staff members have also taken anticipatory bail including the chief editor K Siva Prasad and the input editor.

    The news report that is creating trouble is the one about the DGP (who is to retire soon) going to various babas (godmen) including a Hindu and a Muslim and touching their feet. He claims that the video has been morphed. The other case is where the Muslim baba has accused the channel of calling him a ‘black magician’.

    “The words we used were ‘mantra gaadu’ which does not mean black magician but someone who is performing mantras,” says Zee 24 Gantalu editor K Siva Prasad.
    The court’s order will come out tomorrow.

    Last month another notice was sent to the channel regarding a video telecast on TRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao on the repatriation of Seemandhara region’s employees.

  • Samsung, UK Infrastructure partner RBNL’s ‘Big Rising Star Awards’

    Samsung, UK Infrastructure partner RBNL’s ‘Big Rising Star Awards’

    MUMBAI: The IP Platform from the Reliance Broadcast stable, ‘Big Rising Star Awards’, has bagged Samsung and UK Infrastructure as partners for the awards.

    A creation of Big Live, the intellectual property (IP) division of RBNL, ‘Big Rising Star Awards’ will be rolled out across eight markets in India and customised in eight languages with a total reach of three million.

    Big Rising Star Awards has roped in leading media and TV partners from each state to broadcast this property which will recognise today’s stars who have the promise to become tomorrow’s superstars.

    Currently positioned as the country’s biggest ever entertainment new talent acknowledgement platform, the ‘Big Rising Star Awards’ is the first to customise its local talent search in over seven regions (covering languages of Marathi, Telegu, Kannada, Tamil, Bangla, Punjabi, Hindi & Rajasthani) with talent categories across TV, Movies, Theatre, Fashion, Sports, Dance and Singing.
     
    The awards not only cover all domains comprising entertainment but also cut across SEC demographics. In keeping with its name, followed by the core positioning ‘Aaj Ka Star, Kal ka Superstar’, the awards will acknowledge the promising talent and stars of today, who are poised to become superstars of tomorrow.

    Samsung will be sponsoring the Kannada awards, while UK Infrastructure the Punjabi Awards. TV partners roped in are ETV for Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Rajasthan and Bangla and Big Magic for MP, UP and Bihar.
    News partners onboard are Channel 10 for Kolkata, Zee 24 Taas for Mumbai; print partners include Sakshi for Telugu awards, Kannada Prabha for Kannada awards, Punjab Kesari for Punjabi Awards, The Hindu for Tamil awards and Bengal Post and Sakalbela for Bangla awards.

    Big Live business head Rabe T Iyer said, “We are extremely happy to have the support of Samsung and UK Infrastructure as we get ready to roll the biggest ever awards, recognizing new talent, in India. This platform offers advertisers and marketers to strike a conversation in key territories with high engagement and excitement pre-built with the TG.”

    The awards will offer a platform to reach out to the upcoming stars across the regional markets. By covering a vast geography of the country with presence in markets like Maharashtra, Karnataka, West Bengal, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar, the awards can safely be said to have a national footprint reaching out to millions. The awards’ freshness, uniqueness of concept and intent are the driving forces already generating interest and attracting a whole horde of sponsors and partners.

    The finalists will be selected by a panel of eminent jury. Once the nominees are selected, it will be put forth to the audiences across the 92.7 Big FM networks, to vote for their most favourite and promising rising star.